Joint for folding buggy-tops.



' No. 855,864. PATBNTED JUNE 4, 1907.

H. H. ROBINSON.

JOINT FOR FOLDING BUGGY TOPS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5. 1906.

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HENRY I-I. ROBINSON, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

JOINT FOR FOLDING BUGGY-TOPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed June 5,1906. Serial No. 320,629.

To aZZ whom, it may concern: Be it known that I, HENRY H. ROBINSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county ofPolk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Joint for FoldingBug -Tops, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to the invention for which United StatesLetters-Patent, N 0. 768,543, were granted to me August 23, 1904, andconsists in an improved metal bearer made of a single piece of platemetal by means of dies and a press to serve advantageously in making ajoint as required for connecting a jointed brace with the bows of thefolding top of a buggy or carriage, as hereinafter set forth, pointedout inmy claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows the form of a blank for making the device. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of my improved metal bearing adapted to be fixed to thecurved surface of a bow. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of Fig. 1and shows the flange for engaging the end of a jointed brace adapted tobe placed on the flange and pivotally connected thereto by means of anut. Fig. 4 shows a modification of Fig. 2 that is specially adapted tobe fixed to the angular surface of a bow. Fig. 5 shows my inventionapplied as required for practical use.

The numeral culiar form cut from plate metal and adapted to be shaped asshown in Figs. 3 and 4 Fig. 5.

designates a plate of peand fixed to bows by means of screws as shown inFig. 5. It has notches 12 in one edge adapting a portion of it toproduce an integral flat semi-circular bearing surface 18 for supportingthe end of a jointed brace and an integral flange 14 around a rivet holein the center of said flat surface and a shoulder 15 concentric with theflange to engage the circular end of a jointed brace as shown in It alsoproduces extensions at the corners that are bent to overlie a bow.

I/Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A bearer device for pivotally connecting the jointed braces of afolding buggy top with the bows consisting of a plate having notches inone edge and a rivet hole and screw holes, a flange around the rivethole and a shoulder in concentric position with the rivet hole and thepart between the notches projected as a flat bearing surface for the endof a brace, for the purposes stated.

2. A bearer adapted to be fixed to the bow of a folding buggy topprovided with a flat semi-circular bearing surface for the end of ajointed brace, extraneous at its corners to overlie a bow a rivet holeat the center of said bearing, a flange around the rivet hole and ashoulder in concentric position with the rivet hole, for the purposesstated.

HENRY H. ROBINSON.

